'I needed to get to the stopping places, so I needed to get on the road.
It was the road where I might at last find out where I belonged.'Damian
Le Bas grew up surrounded by Gypsy history. His great-grandmother would
tell him stories of her childhood in the ancient Romani language; the
places they worked, the ways they lived, the superstitions and lores of
their people.
In a bid to better understand his heritage, Damian
sets out on a journey to discover the stopping places - the old
encampment sites known only to Travellers. Through winter frosts and
summer dawns, from horse fairs to Gypsy churches, Damian lives on the
road, somewhere between the romanticised Gypsies of old, and their
much-maligned descendants of today.
The Stopping Places : A Journey Through Gypsy Britain - Damian Le Bas
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